San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-12

INC mercy OF othcf cohhhio' tof wv 49,
posai OF our cotton crop and that In tho
event OF . European war. II would 90 de-
press manufacturing In tho British Isles,
which arc our chief market perhaps to that
extent that We should practically DO left out
In tho cold. with the cotton. unsaieabls ON
our hands. That the northern factories
were inadequate and insufficient TO meet
such contingency from the fact Of their
manufacturing capacity being less than one
third OF an average crop. but independent
of that fact II was suicidal policy ON the
part Of the producer to bear the heavy en-
penses. which was the natural result Of
the factories being 50 far distant from the
raw material.
A motion by Bro Short was carried that
q committee be appointed to frame reso-
luton endorsing tho early establishment Of
factories In this State by tho Primers Al
lance. The following gentlemen were
named ON said committee Bros. J. +.
Davis, ]. @. Baldwin, and Mr.. short, and
they having consulted for q time agreed
upon the following
Resoirod, That we, the representatives
OF Kendall, Hays and Blanco county ALL
ances in convention assembled at Blanco
Texas, April 25th, 1887, heartily endorse
the movement 10 build factories In this
State and by the State Farmers Alliance,
and urge upon the cotton congress to be
held at Waco, May 4th TO take stops for
the immediate erection Of at least one fac
tory In our State.
A motion was carried that Bro. Garrett
as the representative of the three counties
above named, present copy of this resolu-
ton to the cotton congress at Waco. Bro.
Baldwin then spoke on the advantages pre-
scented by the cotton yard system, exempli'
flying this by the mention of places in diff
ferent parts of the State which had been
benefited in the past season by the adop-
ton Of such plan, and in connection with
the subject It was quite possible to start q
general produce receiving depot for the
purpose Of concentrating at some point, the
miscellaneous productions Of the farmer.
and disposing of them to the most desirable
markets. To this end he would move the
following resolution
Respofued, That we request the counties
of Hays, Comal, Kendall, Gillespie and
Llano to coll q meeting Of their alliances,
for the purpose of selecting q committee of
five each. to meet at Blanco city, June /, to
devise some plan for inaugurating cotton
and produce yard at some point central to
the counties represented. and we further ex
tend this invitation to any county who may
desire 10 join us.
On discussion Of the subject Bro. Bald
win expressed his personal opinion that
such point would be on the railway in Hays
Couty as being central for the purpose, II
being sine qua non that 1t should be on q
railway, he thought It would lie between
San Marcos and Kyle. The chairman Bro.
Burleson, said he felt no hesitation in say
ing that those places would not only offer
every encouragement for its establishment
in their respective towns, but he also felt
assured they would offer some inducement
to obtain II. On the resolution being put to
the meeting 1t was carried unanimously.
It was moved and carried that the newspa-
pers in the Counties named be requested to
publish proceedings of the present meeting.
After q general desultory conversation
had prevailed for some time, motion was
carried that the meeting be adjourned sine
due. j. II. BURLEsoN, Chairman.
W. GARNETT. Secretary.
Blanco, April 25 'S7
Note, the Secretary would esteem 1t ia
vor if the Editors of the Cresset and the
Kyle Times would plese copy.
Annexed are the names of the various
Alliances connected with the Hays county
organization, with the membership and the
names of the president and secretary in
each case. Yours &C.,
w. GARNETT, Secretary.
NAME. MEMD'p. PREsIDENT. sEoRETARh.
Wallace, SO, II. L. Aurns, Chas. Leals.
Kyle, 65, DR.. j. G.. Barbee, A. w. Wright.
Live Oak, 90, w Dudgeon, II b Jones.
Hunter, is, G b Crawford E Brice.
Webb. IL, j B Peal, jr., H. Peal.
Cypress, 20, "a Brooks, Jep Henson.
Mt. Sharp, SO, M M Echos, W Garnet.
Driftwood, A, w Adams, r M Martin.
Viola, II, j NJ Greathouse, N B Greathouse.
Elm Grove, AZ, H Hancock M 7 Cooke.
Bell Springs, 16. G W Cross. T W Hofheinz
Purgatory, 80. o o Owen, A MEG Payne.
San Marcos, 90. @ S Cock, B A Hessler.
New Hope. 43, A Pickel, W Mcclellan.
Wayside, 20, ] r Bnrleson, w M Wyatt.
Lone Mountain, 32. NJ Stone, M Hubbs.
Fair View, 20, G @ Reed, L McCarty.
Oyster Creek, SO, } L Brown, Strochmer
High Prairie, 33, A Dixon, J F Mccain.
Long Branch, 49, ME Paddock, WE Watson.
Science Hall, SO. M l. Ward. j l. Andrews.
Cottonwood, 81. G B Black, W A Scrutchins.
DuPre, 90, II e McElroy, Heath.
+Onion Creek, "a, W McClintock, 81 W
Calbert
*Carper, 25, - Perry, Boston Furr.
tSalem. =, R Christal, G W Andrews.
pheasant Hill, IL, A M Hunter, L N Mathis.
Numbers taken from January report,
March report not yet to hand. Lately or
ganized.
Total membership, 776.